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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - ROYAL BANCSHARES OF PENNSYLVANIA INCex99_1.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
November 17, 2016
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
ROYAL BANCSHARES OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania
0-26366
23-2812193
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Ident. No.)
 
One Bala Plaza Suite 522, 231 St. Asaph’s Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA
19004
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
(610) 668-4700
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 8.01
Other Events.
 
Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc. (“Royal”) announced that it has completed the repurchase of all of the remaining shares of the Company’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A outstanding.  Royal initially issued the Series A preferred stock to the United States Department of the Treasury in February 2009 as part of the Treasury’s TARP program.  A copy of Royal’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)
Exhibits:
 
Press release, dated November 21, 2016, regarding repurchase of outstanding Series A preferred stock.
 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

  ROYAL BANCSHARES OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
     
Dated:  November 21, 2016
   
 
By:
 
/s/ Michael S. Thompson
   
Michael S. Thompson
   
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
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